By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Over the years, I’ve received quite a few questions through my Nurse.com Dear Donna advice column related

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Informational interviewing is a highly effective, yet rarely used career management tool. It involves talking in a

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Whether you love to write or are as intimidated by the process as I used to be,

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Things sure have changed in nursing and health care since I graduated from nursing school 30-plus years

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Anthony Robbins, the self-help guru, said, “I believe it’s our decisions, not the conditions of our lives,

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Using the Internet in your job search can help you reach more people, gain more information, and

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Most people think of volunteering as charitable work, something you do to help others on your own

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   My 30+ year nursing career has been an incredible journey — a personal journey of discovering who

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Congratulations! You’ve just landed a new job and are gearing up for your first day. You’re feeling

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   If you’re like most student nurses, you’ve planned and dreamed about the day when you’ll begin your

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   Too often, we RNs complain that the general public doesn’t understand what we do, that the press

By Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN   NURSING IS MUCH MORE THAN A JOB. It is a career. And as such, it needs tending